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The Lakers, Heat and Grizzlies traded? Dong Zhan welcomed the No. 1 pick? What did you think of this deal?

11:03am, 27 May 2025Basketball

In the regular season, Doncic and James had a net efficiency of 6.5 in 567 minutes on the court.

As a comparison:

1, Tatum and Brown's values ​​are 8.1;

2, Jokic, Murray 7.1;

3, Harden, Leonard 4.2. According to the comparison data, Dong Zhan can be said to be the top duo in the league. From another perspective, the Lakers have the possibility of winning the championship by reasonably matching the lineup around East Zhan.

How should the Lakers strengthen?

The first step is to strengthen the inside line.

In terms of data, the opponent's shooting rate increased from 56.5% to 63.1% in the playoffs with 32 interferences in the opponent's shooting rate in less than 6 feet. With only 63.1%, the 16 teams ranked 14th in the first round. Therefore, the worrying ability to protect the basket or the inability to prevent the Timberwolves from rebuilding the inside is one of the main reasons why the Lakers were eliminated too early.

or on defense.

accounts for 49.1% of the opponent's defense is greater than 15 feet, and the opponent's shooting rate has increased from 36.1% to 36.8%.

To sum up the data, it can be understood as the Lakers lack inside and wing defense. From this perspective, it is not difficult to understand why the Lakers hope that Finney Smith will not jump out of the contract or complete the renewal with the team this summer.

To put it bluntly, Finney Smith has certain protection and support for defense. In terms of data:

1, 269 times interfere with the opponent's shooting less than 6 feet, limiting the opponent's shooting rate to drop from 63.5% to 59.1%;

2, 292 times interfere with the opponent's shooting more than 15 feet, limiting the opponent's shooting rate to drop from 37.3% to 31.5%.

Considering that Finney Smith has the possibility of leaving the Lakers this summer. US media FW suggests that the Lakers, Heat and Grizzlies make a three-party deal. The specific plan is as follows:

As shown in the figure above, only the Lakers were told, and they sent out Reeves and others to get Wiggins and Weir. To be honest, I don’t think it is possible to achieve this potential three-party transaction.

From the Lakers' perspective, Wiggins and Weill have indeed improved their defenses in the interior and wings to a certain extent, but the problem is that Reeves and Finney Smith were also sent out for this.

The latter just said, no need to say much.

Pellinka is not unable to trade Reeves, but what can I get back? Wiggins and Weill alone obviously cannot reach the level of "leveraging" Reeves.

From the perspective of the Grizzlies, although Morant has gained a lot of bargaining chips, the problem is that none of them can reach the former, and there are even no close ones. In other words, what you pay is not proportional to the reward.

From the Heat's perspective, sending Butler to the Warriors means a high probability of reconstruction, and it is obvious that Morant does not match his future plans. It’s not that the combat power is not good, and more off-field troubles are constantly being used to drive limited ability. To be precise, it is difficult to win the championship.

In the past, each transaction was needed. Now, looking at this potential three-party transaction, none of which reached the desired player, so it is unlikely to happen.

Finally, I really don't know what "FW" thinks. More, maybe just for trading.

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